diff --git a/releasenotes/1.7.0/iggy.jpg b/releasenotes/1.7.0/iggy.jpg new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cd6a5d37 Binary files /dev/null and b/releasenotes/1.7.0/iggy.jpg differ diff --git a/releasenotes/1.7.0/release-1.7.0.markdown b/releasenotes/1.7.0/release-1.7.0.markdown index a35533bb..85d9efaa 100644 --- a/releasenotes/1.7.0/release-1.7.0.markdown +++ b/releasenotes/1.7.0/release-1.7.0.markdown @@ -1,19 +1,90 @@ -# 1.7.0: Iggy 2024 +# 1.7.0: Iggy 2024 -Rofi 1.7.0 is another bug-fix release that also removes a lot of deprecated features. -This has been needed to keep **rofi** maintainable. +![Iggy](./iggy.jpg) + +Rofi 1.7.0 is another bug-fix release that also removes a lot of deprecated features. Even though this might not be +popular, the deprecation of these options is needed to keep **rofi** maintainable. + +Beside mostly bug-fixes some changes where made to improve the theming and 'abnormal' use of rofi. ## FileBrowser +TonCherAmi made several very nice usability improvements to the file-browser. His changes allow you to define sorting +and ordering of the entries and chaneg the default start directory. + +These options can be set using the new 'nested' configuration format that we are testing in rofi: + +```css +configuration { + filebrowser { + /** Directory the file browser starts in. */ + directory: "/some/directory"; + /** + * Sorting method. Can be set to: + * - "name" + * - "mtime" (modification time) + * - "atime" (access time) + * - "ctime" (change time) + */ + sorting-method: "name"; + /** Group directories before files. */ + directories-first: true; + } +} +``` + ## Clickable button and icons +```css +icon-paste { + expand: false; + filename: "gtk-paste"; + size: 24; + vertical-align: 0.5; + action: "kb-primary-paste"; +} +``` + +```css +button-paste { + expand: false; + content: "My Clickable Message"; + vertical-align: 0.5; + action: "kb-primary-paste"; +} +``` + + + + ## File Completion ## Timeout actions + +These options can be set using the new 'nested' configuration format that we are testing in rofi: + +```css +configuration { + timeout { + delay: 15; + action: "kb-cancel"; + } +} +``` + ## Background image and gradients +```css +window { + background-image: url("/tmp/i3.png", both); +} +element { + children: [element-icon, element-text]; + background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, black/20%, white/20%, black/10%); +} +``` # Changelog @@ -27,21 +98,21 @@ This has been needed to keep **rofi** maintainable. * ADD: [File Browser]: Add sorting-method. (#1340) * ADD: [FileBrowser] Add option to group directories ahead of files. (#1352) * ADD: [Filtering] Add prefix matching method. (#1237) -* ADD: [Icon] Add option to square the widget. -* ADD: [Icon|Button] Make action available on icon, button and keybinding name. +* ADD: [Icon] Add option to square the widget. +* ADD: [Icon|Button] Make action available on icon, button and keybinding name. * ADD: [KeyBinding] Add Ctrl-Shift-Enter option. (#874) * ADD: [ListView]-hover-select option. (#1234) * ADD: [Run] Add support for passing file (using file-browser) completer. * ADD: [Textbox] Allow theme to force markup on text widget. -* ADD: [Theme] Remove backwards compatiblity hack. -* ADD: [Theme] theme validation option. (`-rasi-validate`) +* ADD: [Theme] Remove backwards compatiblity hack. +* ADD: [Theme] theme validation option. (`-rasi-validate`) * ADD: [View] Add support for user timeout and keybinding action. * ADD: [Widget] Add cursor property (#1313) * ADD: [Widget] Add scaling option to background-image. * ADD: [Widget] Add support background-image and lineair gradient option. * ADD: [Window] Add pango markup for window format (#1288) * FIX: [DSL] Move theme reset into grammar parser from lexer. -* FIX: [Drun]: fix sorting on broken desktop files. (thanks to nick87720z) +* FIX: [Drun]: fix sorting on broken desktop files. (thanks to nick87720z) * FIX: [File Browser]: Fix escaping of paths. * FIX: [ListView] Fix wrong subwidget name. * FIX: [Script] Don't enable custom keybindings by default.